Chapter 10: Mission Impossible? (Part 2)
Marluxia ran into the castle through his portal just as Axel and Rexial had returned.
He rushed by them with an expression of both determination and fear. Axel had never seen fear in Marluxia's face.
"Hey, if he's here, where is Tsuin?" Rexial asked. Realization hit Axel and he began to follow in Marluxia's direction, as did Rexial.
Zexion was walking down the corridor from the library when he saw a flash of pink rush to a door and start knocking frantically.
The Superior's office.
He put up an illusion of an empty hallway and rushed to slip into the office behind Marluxia, quickly changing the illusion to a nearby empty chair.
"What is it this time, Number 11?" Xemnas asked in a bored tone.
"It is Tryxel, sir. She is… gone." Marluxia replied. Zexion wanted to jump up to pin him down and demand an explanation, but he remained calm.
"Gone?" the Superior asked. "What do you mean gone?"
"During our mission. A… someone in a cloak, much like ours, he was hooded. He… took her…" he trailed off.
"A cloak like ours… Xemnas seemed to ponder this for a moment. "But none of us would do something so… silly."
Zexion had heard enough. He put up the illusion of a power out so that he could leave the room in the dark.
He was going to find her.
From outside the door, Axel and Rexial heard a few words such as Tryxel, gone, cloak, and silly.
Then it went black all over the castle.
"Ahh! Black out!" was heard in the distance, most likely Demyx. Rexial squealed in surprise as well.
Not long after, something bumped into Axel and the lights returned. Axel gave a startled gasp but Zexion merely glared and walked around the two.
"Hey! Zex! Were you in there? What happened?" Axel asked.
"Tryxel was abducted by an imposter." Zexion responded dryly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa… what?" Axel said.
"Pyro…" Rexial added quietly. The two gave her a confused look briefly, or as confused as Zexion would allow to look.
"Follow me." Zexion said. " I have ideas."
Tryxel was dropped into what looked like a bottomless pit.
She landed with a thud and glared up at the culprit. The figure had on an all black cloak, much like her own, and a blindfold. Silver strands spilled from under the hood as he removed it.
"Wh-Who are you?" she asked, daring to glance around. It looked like they were floating in total darkness.
"My name is not important… " the guy pulled off his blindfold and blinked twice before looking straight at her with bright, intense, aqua eyes.
Tryxel gasped up at the stranger.
Needless to say, her captor was… beautiful.
Zexion sat at his desk, typing away at his laptop as Rexial and Axel watched intently.
"Found it." He stated, signaling the other two over to him.
"What exactly is it that you found?" Rexial asked.
"I've broke into the Superior's computer data base. Everything is in here." Axel looked dumbfounded and Rexial seemed amused.
"Cool, how'd you do it?" she asked.
".. Later." he responded. Rexial frowned at him. "For now, we have to see if he actually has any information that leads to Tryxel's whereabouts." he continued.
"Aww. You care for Tryx." Axel teased.
"We have no hearts. We have no emotions. I feel nothing." Zexion deadpanned. Rexial scoffed.
"Believe as you wish. What did you find?" she asked, glancing over his shoulder as if the conversation never happened. He did the same and went back to the laptop.
"According to these files, there is a boy, Sora, defeating heartless, basically stealing our hearts that we need for the Kingdom Heart." Zexion said.
"Who does this asshole think he is?" Rexial asked, angrily. Zexion shrugged.
"Do you think he kidnapped Tryxel?" Axel asked, clicking things on Zexion's laptop who swatted him away.
"Doubt it. It seems from the information here that he's unaware of our existence, but still a threat. He wields the infamous Keyblade that came about ten years ago." Zexion said. "He has others with him. Friends? Allies perhaps? Kairi, a female that hasn't really been heard from in over a year, and this Riku, who… was last seen in the realm of darkness?.." Zexion trailed off.
"So it was him!" Axel accused more than asked, quite obnoxiously.
"That, I am unsure of, but it would make the most sense… but there's one way to find out…" Zexion started.
"We go to the outer realm?" Rexial asked.
"Smart girl." Zexion commented. Axel smiled at her, causing her to blush.
"Since no one knows we know, do we head out alone? Or try to sneak help?" Rexial asked.
"I'm sure Rox and Dem are trustworthy enough to let in on the deal." Axel suggested.
"And Marluxia is responsible so he should come to." Zexion added. The other two agreed.
"So it's set. Let's round them up, and go rescue a member." Axel said. "I'll go find Roxas. Rex, can you go tell Demyx?" he asked.
"Sure." she said.
"And Zex can go get Marly." Zexion nodded.
"Alright. Let's roll."